Patents by Inventor Andreas Bilek
Andreas Bilek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20090293670Abstract: The invention proposes an electric starting device for an internal combustion engine, having a starter motor (2) which can, by means of an angular gearing (14) and with the interposition of a pre-engaged drive (10), be placed in engagement with a toothing (12) on an ignition rotor (13) in order to act on a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine (15), wherein the motor shaft of the starter motor (2) is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the crankshaft axis, the angular gearing (14) has a crown gear (3) and a cylindrical gear (5) which are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on an intermediate shaft (4), and the cylindrical gear (5) meshes with a cylindrical gear (8) of the pre-engaged drive (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: KTM Sportmotorcycle AGInventors: Sebastian Sekira, Andreas Bilek
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Patent number: 7600492Abstract: A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least two engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one cylinder with identical top end packages. A method for designing such a family of engines is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co KGInventors: Andreas Bilek, Gerd Ohrnberger, Norbert Korenjak
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Publication number: 20080127915Abstract: A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least two engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one cylinder with identical top end packages. A method for designing such a family of engines is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2005Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG.Inventors: Andreas Bilek, Gerd Ohrnberger, Norbert Korenjak
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Publication number: 20070105465Abstract: A personal watercraft is disclosed with a hull, a seating assembly, and a four stroke internal combustion engine below the seating assembly. The engine has at least one intake valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, at least one exhaust valve for each of the combustion cylinder chambers, and a valve actuation assembly located in a cylinder head for operating the intake and exhaust valves. At least one air intake passageway is operatively coupled to the combustion cylinder chambers through the intake valves. An air intake manifold is connected to the cylinder bead and operatively connected to the at least one air intake passageway. The engine also has a supercharger for boosting air to the air intake manifold. The watercraft also includes a propulsion unit, operatively coupled to the crankshaft, which is located on one end of the two ends of the crankcase.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alois Wolfsgruber, Rudolf Tscherne, Andreas Bilek
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Patent number: 7077113Abstract: A combined flame arrester and intercooler for cooling intake gas for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body has a central passageway that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. An inlet opening is located on one end of the elongated body such that the intake gas enters the central passageway though the inlet opening. The intercooler further includes a plurality of cooling tubes forming at least a portion of the elongated body. The plurality of tubes substantially surround the central passageway. Each of the cooling tubes is spaced from an adjacent cooling tube such that an air flow path is formed there between. The intake gas is cooled by flowing past the cooling tubes. Preferably, the intake gas flows along the central passageway in the elongated body and radially outward therefrom through the air flow path between the cooling tubes.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Rudolf Tscherne, Jean-Charles Pouillard, Michael Sonnleitner
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Patent number: 7000577Abstract: A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least three engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one cylinder with identical top end packages. A method for designing such a family of engines is also disclosed. A family of recreational vehicles and method for designing a family of recreational vehicles is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Bilek, Gerd Ohrnberger, Norbert Korenjak
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Publication number: 20040206340Abstract: A combined flame arrester and intercooler for cooling intake gas for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intercooler comprises an elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The elongated body has a central passageway that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. An inlet opening is located on one end of the elongated body such that the intake gas enters the central passageway though the inlet opening. The intercooler further includes a plurality of cooling tubes forming at least a portion of the elongated body. The plurality of tubes substantially surround the central passageway. Each of the cooling tubes is spaced from an adjacent cooling tube such that an air flow path is formed there between. The intake gas is cooled by flowing past the cooling tubes. Preferably, the intake gas flows along the central passageway in the elongated body and radially outward therefrom through the air flow path between the cooling tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Inventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Rudolf Tscherne, Jean-Charles Pouillard, Michael Sonnleitner
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Patent number: 6601528Abstract: The four stroke internal engine having an air intake system connected to the cylinder head and operatively connected to the intake passageway. The air intake system includes an air intake manifold having symmetrical construction with a central air passageway extending between a first end and a second end. At least one passageway extends from the central air passageway to a free end, which is operatively coupled to the intake passageway. The air intake system is usable for both a supercharged and normally aspirated engines.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Bombardier-Rotax GmbHInventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Markus Hochmayr
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Publication number: 20020011222Abstract: A modular family of internal combustion engines is described. The family includes at least three engine configurations selected from a single cylinder, V-type, inline, opposed, W-type, and radial configurations. Each of the engines in the family includes at least one cylinder with identical top end packages. A method for designing such a family of engines is also disclosed. A family of recreational vehicles and method for designing a family of recreational vehicles is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2001Publication date: January 31, 2002Applicant: BOMBARDIER-ROTAX GmbHInventors: Andreas Bilek, Gerd Ohrnberger
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Publication number: 20010039908Abstract: The four stroke internal engine having an air intake system connected to the cylinder head and operatively connected to the intake passageway. The air intake system includes an air intake manifold having symmetrical construction with a central air passageway extending between a first end and a second end. At least one passageway extends from the central air passageway to a free end, which is operatively coupled to the intake passageway. The air intake system is usable for both a supercharged and normally aspirated engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2001Publication date: November 15, 2001Inventors: Andreas Bilek, Alois Wolfsgruber, Markus Hochmayr
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Patent number: 6250875Abstract: A heater comprises a casing, which has an interior chamber. It further comprises a rotor, which is formed as an impeller on the one hand and as an eddy-current disk on the other, and a magnet support, which is equipped with permanent magnets and disposed non-rotarily in the casing and which is displaceable into an operating position in the direct neighborhood of the eddy-current disk and into a position of rest spaced therefrom. The eddy-current disk and the magnet support equipped with permanent magnets are rinsed by water.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1999Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignees: Audi AG, Rota System AGInventors: Hans-Jürgen Bauer, Bernhard Teufel, Günter Kilian, Andreas Bilek
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Patent number: 4694786Abstract: A two-stroke internal combustion engine of the crankcase scavenging type, in which a nozzle connected to a lubricant feed line is provided in the intake passage for picking up oil from a lubricant reservoir via a partial vacuum. For simple and sufficient lubrication and cooling of the crank gear in accordance with the respective requirements of the engine, the nozzle (62) is positioned in the area of the smallest cross-section of a Venturi-tube-like part (60) of the intake passage, and an injection pump (54) is provided for fuel delivery, which eliminates the need for an oil pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 1986Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Assignee: AVL Gesellschaft fur Verbrennungskraftmaschinen und Messtechnik m.b.H., Prof.Dr.Dr.h.c. Hans ListInventors: Andreas Bilek, Peter Wunsche